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Eternal Darkness

Spell

Eternal Darkness

Shadow

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2.5 secAnywhere - Unlimited

Rips a hole in the fabric of reality draining 10 Sanity and inflicting 30 Shadow damage to all enemies.

Eternal Darkness

Tooltip

Rips a hole in the fabric of reality draining 10 Sanity and inflicting 30 Shadow damage to all enemies.

How it works

Eternal Darkness is built from 2 client effects, applied in this order:

  1. Effect 1 is Dummy (effect type 3).
  2. Effect 2 is Trigger Spell (effect type 64). It triggers Eternal Darkness.

What it does

Eternal Darkness is a Shadow spell with a 2.5 sec cast and an unlimited range. It also casts Eternal Darkness (record #307048).

Generated from the SpellEffect, SpellMisc, SpellCooldowns and SpellRange records in the current retail game build. Effects the client marks as internal hooks are left out.

Spell Details

SchoolShadow
Range50000 yards (Anywhere - Unlimited)
Cast time2.5 sec
Effect #1Dummy (3)
Effect #2Trigger Spell (64)
Trigger spell: Eternal Darkness

Raw client values from the current retail game build. Where the game data carries no name for an id, the id is shown as is.

Used by

Where is this spell used?

Eternal Darkness appears in: 1 spell that casts it.

Spells that cast it

From the client's JournalEncounterSection, SpecializationSpells, TraitDefinition, PvpTalent, SkillLineAbility, SpellLearnSpell and SpellEffect tables.

Related

Multiple client spell records exist

The game client stores 15 separate Spell records named "Eternal Darkness". This page is record #307809. They are not merged: each record can belong to a different difficulty, caster, rank or tuning, so each keeps its own page. The 12 records closest by id are compared here.

Record What differs from this record Likely reason
#201153journal encounter: Mindflayer Kaahrj; cast time: 2 sec; duration: 1 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#201172cast time: instant; duration: 30 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#227179cast time: instant; effect types: Trigger Missile; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#307048journal encounter: Carapace of N'Zoth; cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage, Power Burn; different tooltip textA different caster
#307533cast time: instant; duration: 10 sec; effect types: Dummy, Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#307540cast time: 10 sec; effect types: School Damage, effect 140, Dummy; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#307547cast time: instant; duration: 11 min; effect types: Create Area EffectA different effect setup
#307808cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#428266journal encounter: The Darkness; cast time: 3 sec; duration: 4 sec; effect types: Apply Aura; different tooltip textA different caster
#428267cast time: instant; effect types: DummyA different effect setup
#428276cast time: instant; effect types: School Damage; different tooltip textA different effect setup
#428283school: Physical; cast time: instant; effect types: Power Burn; different tooltip textA different effect setup

Compared fields: SpellMisc difficulty rows, school, cast time and duration; Spell subtext and tooltip text; SpellEffect types and base values; journal and class usage. The reason column names the first difference found.

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